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179561

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected operational dates are for Project Pegasus and Project Mensa at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	224444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Project Pegasus received Main Gate approval in August 2011 with an approved cost of £634 million. Project Mensa received Main Gate approval in May 2011 with an approved cost of £734 million.<ins class="ministerial">Both projects' approved in-service dates are between 2016 and 2020.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Consistent with industry best practice, major projects are regularly reviewed and may seek revised approvals if a robust evidence base is established.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:32 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2015 10:46:31 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 46836 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

179562

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected out-turn expenditure is on (a) Project Pegasus and (b) Project Mensa at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	224445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Project Pegasus received Main Gate approval in August 2011 with an approved cost of £634 million. Project Mensa received Main Gate approval in May 2011 with an approved cost of £734 million.<ins class="ministerial">Both projects' approved in-service dates are between 2016 and 2020.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Consistent with industry best practice, major projects are regularly reviewed and may seek revised approvals if a robust evidence base is established.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 26/02/2015 17:19:32 question first ministerially corrected 05/03/2015 11:39:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 46890 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

177806

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many invoices and to what value were paid by Defence Equipment and Supply after the statutory 30 days as required under the EU Directive 2011/7/EU in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Paul Murphy
uin	223344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's invoices are paid through the Defence Business Services organisation with the exception of some payments to suppliers made by units locally. We do not hold separate statistics of invoices settled on behalf of Defence Equipment &amp; Support, however, across the Department, 8,647 invoices (or 0.2% of the total) amounting to circa £170 million were not paid within 30 calendar days during the 2013-14 financial year, of which over 80% were below £10,000 in value. Delays in paying bills are principally caused by the incorrect presentation of invoices.</p><p>We process over four million invoices a year totalling some £26 billion. Over the course of the last full financial year (2013-14), Defence Business Services paid 99.99% of all correctly submitted invoices within 11 calendar days and 95.42% of invoices within five working days.</p><p>We are committed to paying our suppliers promptly. Further, we place a contractual obligation on them to pay their subcontractors within a specified period from receipt of a valid invoice and to disseminate this requirement through their own supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 17/03/2015 16:23:54 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 44994 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	546 label Biography information for Lord Murphy of Torfaen

173164

registered interest
date	12/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) value and (b) start and finish date is of each contract for foreign military sales procured by UK defence staff based in the US in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	220401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Between January 2012 and December 2014, British Defence Staff US (BDSUS) agreed 77 new foreign military sales (FMS) cases with the US Government. These cases relate to the supply of goods and services to be provided over the period January 2012 to March 2021 and were worth $784 million. Between January 2012 and December 2014, BDSUS also agreed 244 amendments and modifications to existing cases. These modifications and amendments were worth an additional $417 million and relate to the supply of goods and services to be provided over the period January 2012 to March 2021. Details for each individual FMS case, amendment and modification are attached with negative figures representing a reduction in agreed FMS case value.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 02/02/2015 16:19:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 220401 - Contracts for FMS Procured by UK Defence Staff in the US.doc title Contracts for Foreign Military Sales previous answer version 39073 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

172492

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created in the UK as a result of the Scout specialist vehicle programme.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	220065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>General Dynamics UK (GDUK) continues to award contracts to tier one suppliers for manufacture of the Scout Specialist Vehicle. GDUK currently estimates the amount of UK jobs involved in this work to be approximately 1,400 <del class="ministerial">in the first tier of the supply chain</del> across over 160 companies.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/01/2015 17:57:37 question first ministerially corrected 14/01/2015 13:46:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 38071 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

172166

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department used in awarding the contract for the next generation of tanks.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	219935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Scout Specialist Vehicle contract was awarded to General Dynamics UK Limited in 2010 following an open competition to determine the most economically advantageous tender. The criteria applied were: the demonstration phase programme, the manufacture phase delivery schedule, compliance with system requirements, the initial in-service support package and commercial considerations, including terms and conditions of contract and price. The award of the manufacture phase contract announced in September 2014 was not subject to further evaluation, since this had already been completed as part of the original tender assessment in 2010</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/01/2015 16:38:50 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 37742 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

172169

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites are used by his Department for helicopter maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 219941 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:39:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc title 219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted previous answer version 37740 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172170

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the existing MoD or private sites with helicopter simulation facilities are; which services use such sites; and what the annual operating cost of each such site is.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>A list of those Ministry of Defence establishments at which helicopter flight simulators are based is provided below. For the purposes of this answer, I have interpreted helicopter simulation facilities to mean only full-motion flight simulators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to helicopter simulation, each establishment undertakes a range of defence activities and the full annual operating cost of each establishment could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Name of Establishment</p></td><td><p>Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Benson</p></td><td><p>Tri-Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD Boscombe Down<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Empire Test Pilots School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Culdrose</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Aviation Centre - Middle Wallop</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Shawbury</p></td><td><p>Tri-Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF Valley</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RNAS Yeovilton</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy and Army</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wattisham</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1 - A generic flight simulator that can be configured to represent a helicopter.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/01/2015 17:34:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 37739 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

172171

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy spend on helicopter maintenance annually.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	219941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 219943 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:40:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name 219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc title 219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted previous answer version 37737 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

171933

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Private Military and Security Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will detail (a) the number and (b) the cost of contracts with private security companies in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	219735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) publishes a range of trade, industry and contract statistics, including a list of suppliers to whom the MOD paid more than £5 million in each financial year. The latest information covering 2013-14 is available on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-industry-trade-and-contracts-2014.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/01/2015 14:02:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne previous answer version 37615 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon