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1012343

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date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 14 November 2018 on Strategy for our Veterans HCWS1080 and the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 191892, when he plans to take a decision on the resource required to implement the Strategy for our Veterans.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	194608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text The Strategy for our Veterans and the complementary UK Government Consultation Paper were published on 14 November and debated in both Houses on 15 November. The Consultation Paper seeks public views to inform how the Government will implement the strategy. The Scottish and Welsh Governments have made separate consultation arrangements for areas that are devolved. Following conclusion of these consultations, implementation plans will be developed by each relevant service provider, along with individual costings which will fall across Government. Once implementation options have been agreed, the resource required to implement the Strategy for our Veterans will be agreed between Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board members, which includes the Chief Secretary to the Treasury. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/11/2018 15:32:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1012347

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Appledore Shipyard
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 2 November 2018 to Question 185470 on Appledore Shipyard, if he will provide details of the package of work at Devonport shipyard that his Department discussed with Babcock, under each heading.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	194609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The £60 million package that the Ministry of Defence discussed with Babcock was for Devonport-based refit work that could potentially provide further employment for Appledore workers. Unfortunately, in the absence of confirmed longer-term ship-build or similar opportunities of a scale that matches Appledore's size, this was not enough to secure the future of the shipyard.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2018 15:40:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1012384

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments of British personnel from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marines, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force have there been to Ukraine in each year since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	194615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of UK Defence personnel deployed on Operation ORBITAL for each financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of deployments</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>279*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*number of deployments to date in 18-19</p><p> </p><p>These figures include individuals deploying on multiple occasions. The majority of UK Defence personnel that deploy on Operation ORBITAL are Army personnel. Figures broken down by the single Services are not representative of the total number of Operation ORBITAL deployments because each individual deployed is recorded only once per financial year, however they may have been deployed multiple times during that period. At any one time, Operation ORBITAL headquarters has consisted of 12-14 personnel throughout this period.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside our operational training assistance, the UK also deploys UK personnel from the British Military Advisory Training Team to Ukraine, as well as defence reform advisors on an ad hoc basis. BMATT personnel deployed to Ukraine for each financial year is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deployed Personnel</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures, broken down by single Service, are not currently available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2018 15:50:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1012422

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Hazara
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the UK mission to Afghanistan is making to the protection of Hazara civilians.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	194619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to monitor the number of civilian casualties and displaced persons as a result of the recent violence in Ghazni and Uruzgan. The Afghan Security Forces have been in the lead for the security of the Afghan people since 2015 and owing to the Afghan Security Forces response, the situation in these two provinces is stabilising. The UK is committed to supporting the Afghan Security Forces to ensure their capability continues to improve in order to successfully protect all ethnic and religious groups in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2018 15:41:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1012465

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Procurement
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 22 November 2018 to Question 192107, what assessment he has made of the merits of transferring delegation of fiscal responsibility for portfolios of projects in the Equipment Plan from top level budgets holders in (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Joint Forces Command to his Department's cost assurance and analysis service.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	194627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Top Level Budget (TLB) holders are responsible to the Accounting Officer for delivering their plans within financial limits. As part of our work under the Modernising Defence Programme, we are creating a stronger and more strategic Head Office to provide clear, strategic central direction with delegation of military capability budgets and decision-making responsibility to the Services in the four Front Line Commands. The Cost Assurance and Analysis Service will continue to provide independent cost management services for the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/11/2018 17:41:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1012483

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times quick reaction alert aircraft were launched to intercept aircraft in each of the last five years; and from which nations the intercepted aircraft originated.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of days on which Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon aircraft launched each year since 2014 is given below. Not every launch resulted in an interception as some incidents were resolved prior to interception.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of days QRA was launched</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018<sup>*</sup></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* 1 January to 22 November 2018</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am withholding further details as deterrence is a principal function of QRA and QRA is in turn an integral part of the air defence of the UK. The disclosure of information that might compromise the QRA deterrent capability would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2018 15:44:21 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011553

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Forces Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce whether the Forces Help to Buy scheme will continue beyond December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	194176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As announced by the former Secretary of State for Defence in October 2016, the Forces Help To Buy scheme is due to close at the end of December 2018. Applications can be submitted up to this date. Work is ongoing to consider how to take this policy principle forward and details will be confirmed later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/11/2018 17:10:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1011581

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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, when he plans to publish the Modernising Defence Programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	194084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Modernising Defence Programme is ongoing. I remain committed to updating Parliament once progress has been made.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 26/11/2018 16:17:13 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1011597

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the defence procurement budget was in (a) absolute terms and (b) as a proportion of total government spend for each year since 1988; and what proportion of procurement was (a) domestically and (b) internationally sourced for each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	194205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) total procurement spend since financial year 2009-10. Figures before this date are not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total MOD Procurement Spend (£billion)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Managed Expenditure (£billion)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Total Managed Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£22.1</p></td><td><p>£695.2</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£20.0</p></td><td><p>£717.4</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£20.1</p></td><td><p>£717.3</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£20.4</p></td><td><p>£731.8</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£20.3</p></td><td><p>£733.8</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£19.6</p></td><td><p>£750.4</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£19.4</p></td><td><p>£756.8</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£19.1</p></td><td><p>£772.0</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide data on the proportion of MOD procurement sourced domestically or internationally.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD routinely publishes statistics on the equipment contracts it places on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index</a></strong></p><p> </p><p>The MOD also publishes a breakdown of expenditure with UK industry. This can also be found on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-index" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-regional-expenditure-with-uk-industry-and-supported-employment-index</a></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/11/2018 16:21:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1011654

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft his Department plans to procure.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	194113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 4 September 2017 to Question 6994 to the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr David) and on 28 November 2017 to Question 116180 to the hon. Member for West Dunbartonshire (Mr Docherty-Hughes).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 20170907_6994_Maritime_Patrol_Aircraft.docx title 6994 - Maritime Patrol Aircraft 2 file name 20171205_116180_Maritime_Patrol_Aircraft.docx title 116180 - Maritime Patrol Aircraft question first answered 26/11/2018 16:18:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones