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1216165

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date was Operation Northmoor concluded by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	62289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>On 15 July 2019, following consultation with the Director of Service Prosecutions and with the concurrence of the independent persons providing external assurance, the then Provost Marshal (Army) exercised his right as an independent authority to conclude the investigation phase of Operation Northmoor.</p><p> </p><p>In line with normal Service Police practice, anyone interviewed under caution and any affected units were notified, once appropriate, that they would not be referred to prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62290 62291 62292 question first answered 26/06/2020 15:45:57 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 32097 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	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1216167

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he announced that Operation Northmoor had been concluded; and how that official announcement made.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	62290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>On 15 July 2019, following consultation with the Director of Service Prosecutions and with the concurrence of the independent persons providing external assurance, the then Provost Marshal (Army) exercised his right as an independent authority to conclude the investigation phase of Operation Northmoor.</p><p> </p><p>In line with normal Service Police practice, anyone interviewed under caution and any affected units were notified, once appropriate, that they would not be referred to prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62289 62291 62292 question first answered 26/06/2020 15:45:57 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 32098 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	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1216168

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the conclusions of Operation Northmoor.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	62291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>On 15 July 2019, following consultation with the Director of Service Prosecutions and with the concurrence of the independent persons providing external assurance, the then Provost Marshal (Army) exercised his right as an independent authority to conclude the investigation phase of Operation Northmoor.</p><p> </p><p>In line with normal Service Police practice, anyone interviewed under caution and any affected units were notified, once appropriate, that they would not be referred to prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62289 62290 62292 question first answered 26/06/2020 15:45:57 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 32099 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	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1216169

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: War Crimes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communication Ministers in his Department have had with personnel under investigation as part of Operation Northmoor in relation to the conclusion of that investigation.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	62292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2020 answer text <p>On 15 July 2019, following consultation with the Director of Service Prosecutions and with the concurrence of the independent persons providing external assurance, the then Provost Marshal (Army) exercised his right as an independent authority to conclude the investigation phase of Operation Northmoor.</p><p> </p><p>In line with normal Service Police practice, anyone interviewed under caution and any affected units were notified, once appropriate, that they would not be referred to prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62289 62290 62291 question first answered 26/06/2020 15:45:57 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 32100 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	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1205662

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Museum of the Royal Navy: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department plans to issue further information to the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth on the provision of funding support during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	61765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been liaising with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to consider appropriate support for the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) during the COVID-19 pandemic and to assist with its recovery once visitors are able to return.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has provided the NMRN with an advance of Grant in Aid as immediate assistance and is working with the museum to explore additional emergency funding options.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 61766 question first answered 24/06/2020 08:44:17 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1205663

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	National Museum of the Royal Navy: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his Department regarding cash-flow during the covid-19 outbreak at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	61766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been liaising with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to consider appropriate support for the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) during the COVID-19 pandemic and to assist with its recovery once visitors are able to return.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has provided the NMRN with an advance of Grant in Aid as immediate assistance and is working with the museum to explore additional emergency funding options.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer grouped question UIN 61765 question first answered 24/06/2020 08:44:17 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1205108

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Racial Discrimination
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 reported complaints of racist incidents in the Armed Forces between (a) 2015 - 2016, (b) 2016 - 2017, (c) 2017 - 2018, (d) 2018 - 2019, and (e) 2019 - to 17 June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	61568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises that unacceptable behaviour, including racism, still occurs. MOD and the UK Armed Forces are committed to taking action to eradicate it and have a zero-tolerance approach. Defence, like many other organisations, does not yet represent society and it is essential that it does. We recognise that the pace of change needs to quicken; that is why we are renewing our levels of ambition at the highest levels in Defence as we work to fulfil the key objective in our 2018-2030 Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to eliminate discrimination and improve diversity throughout Defence. We continue to implement all the recommendations made by Air Chief Marshal Wigston in his 2019 review into inappropriate behaviour.</p><p>All allegations of illegal or unacceptable behaviour are taken extremely seriously and investigated thoroughly; Service personnel have a number of routes to raise the issue, either with the police, within the Chain of Command or with Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. MOD is working to prevent unacceptable behaviour from occurring in the first place and has also designed an Active Bystander training so that personnel have the skills to challenge unacceptable behaviour effectively when it does occur.</p><p>The requested information is not available in the format requested and an answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Allegations of racism are captured through various mechanisms, including internal and external disciplinary proceedings, the Service Complaints system, informal complaints and the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey. Defence is working to improve its data capture of all unacceptable behaviour across the department.</p><p>The Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces (SCOAF)'s annual report does not provide a full picture for ascertaining levels of racism in the Armed Forces. The Ombudsman's report deals with issues of overrepresentation by BAME complainants, but these complaints do not only concern racial discrimination. However, information from the single Services' annual statistical returns on Service Complaints to the SCOAF indicates that in 2019, five per cent of all bullying, harassment or discrimination Service Complaints concerned racial discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 23/06/2020 09:03:23 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1205267

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the F-35 Block 4 upgrade is already (a) costed and (b) budgeted for in the existing F-35 programme budget for the UK; how many aircraft will be upgraded; and what the forecast programme cost range is.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	61437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The F-35 Block 4 upgrade has been included in the UK F-35 programme budget since its inception. Decisions on the number of aircraft to be upgraded will be made on the basis of military capability requirements. The costs of the Block 4 upgrade are managed through the F-35 Joint Programme Office and, as one partner in the multinational F-35 programme, the UK is not in a position to share detailed cost information.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 16:54:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1205270

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the tendering process was for the contract to repaint the RAF voyager plane used by the Government in the colors of the union flag.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	61532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Voyager aircraft are owned by AirTanker Limited (ATr) who are contracted through the Voyager PFI to provide the Voyager Air to Air Refuelling and Air Transport services to the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Therefore, this work was contracted directly with ATr against the PFI contract. ATr has sub-contracted elements of the work taking account of mandatory aircraft certification, regulatory and licencing requirements. MOD worked closely with ATr to ensure that tenders were only sought from approved suppliers and that competitive tenders received were assessed for cost and deliverability, and where possible, benchmarked against similar work performed previously.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 16:21:59 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1205297

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Voyager Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what direction he gave the Ministry of Defence to paint the RAF Voyager used for ministerial travel in the colours of the Union Jack; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	61403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 22 June to Question 60814.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 23/06/2020 09:01:36 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin attachment 1 file name 60814 - RAF Voyager - Repairs and Maintenance.docx title 60814 - RAF Voyager - Repairs & Maintenance
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey