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706689

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value was of contracts awarded by his Department to single-source suppliers in each of the last seven years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	66097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Information about the contracts that the Ministry of Defence has awarded on a non-competitive basis is published annually on the gov.uk website in the Trade, Industry and Contracts bulletin. The latest information is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-trade-industry-and-contracts-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-trade-industry-and-contracts-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>While the published data provides overall percentages, the specific value of non-competitive contracts awarded in each year since 2009-10 is provided below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value (£ million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>5,526</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>3,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>3,417</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>3,688</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>6,818</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2017 16:01:11 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

706690

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many penalty notices his Department has issued to suppliers for failing to disclose information on costs and pricing in each of the last seven years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	66098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>Prior to the introduction of the Defence Reform Act and the Single Source Contract Regulations in December 2014, there was no statutory reporting regime and the Department could not issue compliance or penalty notices. Since the introduction of the Single Source Contract Regulations, the Department has not had occasion to issue any such notices on qualifying Defence contracts or qualifying Defence sub-contracts.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2017 16:02:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705555

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
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 effect that Virtus body armour has on the ability of service personnel to use (a) equipment and (b) vehicles effectively.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Virtus system was fully and successfully evaluated during extensive human factors, equipment and vehicle compatibility trials.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/03/2017 16:05:23 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705556

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the roll-out of Virtus body armour to be complete.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>There have been 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour issued, with further sets to be issued, and the full operating capability for Virtus to occur in <del class="ministerial">2015</del><ins class="ministerial">2025</ins>.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:47 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 10:17:04 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 37994 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705558

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual service personnel have received custom-fitted Virtus body armour.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2017, 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour have been issued to land forces. Information on how many of these have been issued by units to individual personnel could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As at 28 February 2017, the following units have received Virtus body armour:</p><p> </p><p>40 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>42 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>1 Assault Group Royal Marines</p><p>24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers</p><p>29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>30 Commando Information Exploitation Group Royal Marines</p><p>Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Bristol</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves London</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Mersey</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Scotland</p><p>Commando Training Centre Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 16 Air Assault Brigade</p><p>Headquarters Force Troops Command</p><p>1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade</p><p>7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery</p><p>The Royal Dragoon Guards</p><p>The Queen’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The King’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The Light Dragoons</p><p>12 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>26 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>22 Engineer Regiment</p><p>23 Parachute Engineer Regiment</p><p>26 Engineer Regiment</p><p>32 Engineer Regiment</p><p>35 Engineer Regiment</p><p>101 Engineer Regiment (EOD)</p><p>1st Battalion Grenadier Guards</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>1st Battalion the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Welsh</p><p>2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles</p><p>2nd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3rd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>4th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>5th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3 Regiment Army Air Corps</p><p>13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps</p><p>16 Medical Regiment</p><p>7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p><p>Special Operations Regiment Royal Military Police</p><p>The Royal Wessex Yeomanry</p><p>4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron</p><p>Pathfinders Platoon</p><p>4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment</p><p>Infantry Battle School</p><p>Infantry Training Centre (Catterick)</p><p>Support Weapons School (Warminster)</p><p>Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU)</p><p>RAF Regiment</p><p>2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2622 (Highland) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2623 (East Anglian) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>RAF Instructor Training Flight</p><p>Defence HUMINT Unit</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 65602 question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705559

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the roll-out of the Virtus body armour has cost; and how much he expects the total cost of the roll-out to be.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The cost to date of the Virtus system is £71 million and the total cost is estimated to be circa £228 million (both figures are inclusive of VAT).</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 02/03/2017 16:02:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

705560

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments have received Virtus body armour.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	65602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2017, 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour have been issued to land forces. Information on how many of these have been issued by units to individual personnel could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As at 28 February 2017, the following units have received Virtus body armour:</p><p> </p><p>40 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>42 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>45 Commando Royal Marines</p><p>1 Assault Group Royal Marines</p><p>24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers</p><p>29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>30 Commando Information Exploitation Group Royal Marines</p><p>Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Bristol</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves London</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Mersey</p><p>Royal Marines Reserves Scotland</p><p>Commando Training Centre Royal Marines</p><p>Headquarters 16 Air Assault Brigade</p><p>Headquarters Force Troops Command</p><p>1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade</p><p>7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery</p><p>The Royal Dragoon Guards</p><p>The Queen’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The King’s Royal Hussars</p><p>The Light Dragoons</p><p>12 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>26 Regiment Royal Artillery</p><p>22 Engineer Regiment</p><p>23 Parachute Engineer Regiment</p><p>26 Engineer Regiment</p><p>32 Engineer Regiment</p><p>35 Engineer Regiment</p><p>101 Engineer Regiment (EOD)</p><p>1st Battalion Grenadier Guards</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p><p>1st Battalion the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment</p><p>1st Battalion The Royal Welsh</p><p>2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment</p><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles</p><p>2nd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3rd Battalion The Rifles</p><p>4th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>5th Battalion The Rifles</p><p>3 Regiment Army Air Corps</p><p>13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps</p><p>16 Medical Regiment</p><p>7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p><p>Special Operations Regiment Royal Military Police</p><p>The Royal Wessex Yeomanry</p><p>4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment</p><p>216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron</p><p>Pathfinders Platoon</p><p>4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment</p><p>Infantry Battle School</p><p>Infantry Training Centre (Catterick)</p><p>Support Weapons School (Warminster)</p><p>Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU)</p><p>RAF Regiment</p><p>2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2622 (Highland) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>2623 (East Anglian) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force</p><p>RAF Instructor Training Flight</p><p>Defence HUMINT Unit</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 65603 question first answered 02/03/2017 16:04:06 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

670175

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Weddings
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 9 May 2016 to Question 35843 to the hon. Member for Bridgend, what the outcomes were of the pilot project implemented to explore registering Ministry of Defence sites for civil marriages and partnerships including same-sex unions.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	59184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The pilot project identified a number of sites that may be suitable for registration to carry out civil marriages and partnerships.</p><p>Officials visited these sites to identify those which would be most likely to meet the requirements for licensing for civil marriages without impacting Ministry of Defence (MOD) operations or Security.</p><p>Officials are in discussion with the Registrar General regarding how best to implement their Guidance on the approval of sites for use for civil marriages and partnerships to MOD sites, after which the shortlisted sites will be taken through the local authority run licencing process which can take up to 12 weeks per site.</p><p>In addition sites in Scotland can also be used for civil marriages and partnerships without registration. Any request to use Scottish sites for civil marriages and partnerships would be dependent on security and ongoing MOD training use.</p><p>If the initial registration of sites through the pilot project is successful, and once MOD has a clear understanding of the process, other sites will be considered for submission as suitable venues.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/01/2017 16:57:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

650283

registered interest
date	02/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral statement of 7 November 2016, Official Report, column 1286, on the Defence Estate, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are based at each of the sites identified to be disposed of by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	55968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The military and civilian personnel based at each site identified for disposal by 2040 as made in the oral statement of November 2016 are shown in the attached table:</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/12/2016 14:26:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name PQN16-17-2016-08245 -11783.docx title Defence Sites
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

638646

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
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 8 November 2016, Armed Forces Pension Scheme - Advance from the Contingencies Fund, HCWS249, when he was first made aware of the shortfall in the net cash requirement amount for the Armed Forces Pension and Compensation Schemes.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	53724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 November 2016 to Question 52701 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/11/2016 16:40:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20161116_52701_Armed_Forces_Pensions.docx title 52701 - WQnA on Armed Forces Pensions
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith